This event will explore the interconnections between Leonora Carrington and Sámi Noaidis (shamans) via the work of feminist art historian Gloria Orenstein while proposing that Indigenous Sámi epistemology might serve as a generative alternative to Western anthropocentrism.
Introduction and yoik performance by Ánde Somby, Professor of Indigenous Law and traditional Sami yoiker from Sirbma, a town in the Sápmi territory of Northern Norway.
Conversation between Susanne Christensen, editor of Norwegian Art Yearbook, critic and author; and Gloria Orenstein, Professor Emerita in Comparative Literature and Gender Studies from the University of Southern California; moderated by Ánde Somby.
Closing with a screening of Gloria’s Call, directed by Cheri Gaulke, a documentary capturing Gloria Orenstein’s journey into art and Surrealism, ecofeminism, and Sámi shamanism.
Audience Q&A.
